Burningham, Bruce R. Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish Stage.(Book review)

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BURNINGHAM, BRUCE R. Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish Stage. West Lafayette: Purdue UP, 2007. xii + 260 pages.

The primary focus of studies of the Spanish comedia was once the literary artifact--its structure and themes, language and imagery, text and context. That is far from the case today. Since John Varey and N. D. Shergold began their series Fuentes para la Historia del Teatro en Espana in the 1960s, scholars have paid increasing attention to theaters, theater companies, actors, stagings, and textual issues (e.g., prompters' copies ...

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